GoDaddy: Rare decision to close offices for the rest of February
In an apparent attempt to mimic the perks enjoyed by employees of Name.com, GoDaddy has announced the closure of its offices for the rest of the month – giving employees paid time off. The big news was well-received, when middle management disclosed it to all GoDaddy associates during the company meeting: “After careful examination of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.eNom the cheapest registrar for gTLD registrations
In less than three hours after we published single letter availability lists for dot .plumbing, dot .singles and dot .clothing, all the lists were ‘scalped’ by domain investors eager to capitalize on short gTLDs. ‘Short‘ is a relative term here, as both .plumbing and .clothing are 8 letters long. 😀 Regardless, the rush of domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fabulous: Back to normal, downtime did not affect parking revenue
Top domain registrar, Fabulous.com, was down for a prolonged period of time on Friday; some users were unable to connect to their domain management accounts for more than 4 hours. In the end, the Fabulous.com web site and account portal were restored and access appears to be normal, even faster than before. Fabulous support issued […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Name.com: Domainer to quit GoDaddy during the Super Bowl
It’s a new, inventive way to attract customers: talk about the competition’s obvious failure during a public event, as big as the Super Bowl. During the event, a loyal GoDaddy customer will announce that they are leaving the biggest domain registrar in the world – for Name.com. “That’s right. I am fed up with the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Registrars: End of year update on phone support rankings
Six months ago we ran a “phone support test” on US-based domain registrars, to help determine their responsiveness to customer phonecalls. It’s now time for an update to gauge the efficiency of domain registrars when it comes down to providing support over the good old phone line. The results might surprise some folks, as much […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Thousands of crappy domains expire on Christmas Day 2014
As every retail shop in the US is pushing for the final sales of the calendar year, many domainers attempt to capitalize on domain registrar offers. “Get a domain for $1.99 and free WHOIS protection!” yaps a loud GoDaddy ad, but without buxom GoDaddy girls at their store-front, sales are expected to fall short. Is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainers: 99.9% of polls are bullshit, according to a poll
A new poll surveying domainers shows that “99.9% of domainer polls are pure and utter bullshit.” New media company, Poll Pullers, conducted the poll via phone, between November 1st and November 21st, contacting more than 25,000 domainers in the process. The sample selected resided in the US, Canada, the UK, France and India. “We believe […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Name.com homepage contest – Our entry!
Name.com is known for infusing mass quantities of humor in everything they do as a top tier domain registrar. Heck, if they are having a great time, who are we to judge? Quite often, Name.com posts a contest and while the prizes vary from Name.com pencil erasers to Name.com condom holders, we do it for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NameBright launches massive new campaign for domainers
NameBright, a next generation domain registrar aimed primarily at domainers, has just launched a massive new domain campaign, that offers spectacular eye candy. Focused on the 18-38 crowd of male domainers with delayed or excessive puberty, the new campaign visually engages its audience, using stimulating photography. Preliminary tests have shown that 89% of all males […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Friends don’t let friends use GoDaddy!
A brand new commercial by Name.com – one of the top three domain registrars in phone support responsiveness – is taking a jab at GoDaddy’s acquisition of web hosting company, Media Temple. Titled “GoDaddy bought Media Temple: The More You Know”, the 19 second video ends with the punchline: “And remember: Friends don’t let friends […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hackers hijacked Register.com domains via …fax!
The web sites of two antivirus companies, ESET and BitDefender, were redirected during the weekend, after Palestinian hackers took control of their DNS. Using a method reminiscent of the recent Melbourne IT fiasco, the hackers convinced Register.com – domain registrar of eset.com and bitdefender.com – to alter the DNS records of the domains. What makes […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NameBright relaunch backed up by 51 ICANN accredited registrars
Andrew Reberry has been capturing domain names at drops with great success, and is officially relaunching NameBright as a domain registrar solution. Domain Name Wire has an extensive test-drive of the new registrar services that makes a good read. One thing we’d like to see at NameBright is dropping the stock photography ladies that adorn […]
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